In Re: Paul Weinstein’s Empirical Analysis

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8 federal appellate · 8 district ·

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The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 37 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “historical context, its legislative history, and the underlying policies that animate its provisions.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. In Re Bankvest Capital Corp · Marrama v. G

2. “A question of the interpretation of the Bankruptcy Code, like any other question of statutory interpretation, is a question of law that we review de novo.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Hart Na Na v. A J

3. “When Congress amends the bankruptcy laws, it does not write `on a clean slate.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In Re: Boston Regional Medical Center, Inc.